Your thoughts on my skinny for health philosophy?!

I work in Hospice, and I've seen overweight people live to be in their 80s and skinny people only live to be 40.

I know skinny people who can't lift a thing, and I know fat people who can bench press 200 lbs. Tell me just who is stronger? People would talk about my weight, but I could lift big, heavy materials, and they couldn't do a thing and they'd tire out. By the way, I lost a lot of weight, so my weight isn't a subject anymore.

Not trying to be rude, but I don't think being skinny and weak is healthy. Skinny and strong, yes. I know fat people who can outrun skinny people.

I just don't think this one size fits all theory is accurate.

Edit: BTW..horses live to be 20 or so years old, and rodents only a couple years...

Well, it depends. Are you skinny as in "holy crap I can see your rib cage" and starving? Or are you meaning actual healthy eating to skinny?
If you mean seeing a ribcage is healthy, no. Not at all.
If you mean just skinny, yup! If you're really healthy you shouldn't have too much fat on you, maybe a little, but not a lot at most.

a) *Wow* does that have the ring of pseudoscience.

b) kateharding.net

Read yourself some Shapely Prose; ignore the assholes who try to police your body and/or your diet. Rinse, repeat. You'll be fine.

Former biochemistry major & daughter of an MD.

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Yea, that turtle sure looks small.

My thoughts on your thoughts is that your name describes you. Fruity!!!!

I don't think its fair of you to say that super skinny is the only healthy body type. Women are made to have more weight around their hips, its a sign of fertility and it allows healthy fat to be stored. Depriving your body so that it is thin actually can make your body start consuming your own organs for nutrition. If you are skinny and you eat healthy, good for you keep doing it, but don't say that you have the healthiest body shape. I know of plenty of people who aren't overweight and aren't skinny that are incredibly healthy and could probably outdo you in that sector.

Being skinny doesn't make you a health master anymore than being fat makes you a health master. It all has to do with your body shape, some people can never be "skinny."

Also to throw another animal in there, Elephants can live to be over 80 years old. Do they look skinny to you?

Not really. Some people are healthier with a little weight on them, some are not. We all have different body frames and types. I'm not condoning the way a lot of people eat, but extreme thinness is not good. In general it is better to be a little too thin than a little too fat, but if you are very thin your periods stop if your female (which is not a good sign of health, nice as it might sound), you can lose hair from your head, you grow hair on your body to keep you warm, you are more at risk of osteoporosis and you can still get heart problems if you are badly underweight, in fact heart problems are a major issue with anorexics.

I counter your turtle theory with a parrot theory. Generally the larger the animal the longer it lives.
This parrot lives around 10 years max: http://francesca.ajscc4g.co.uk/images/bu…
http://www.konicaminolta.com/kids/endang… That one, which is the largest parrot in the world, can live 10 times as long.

Larger tortoises live longer than smaller species, larger rodent species live longer than smaller ones. Big cats live many times longer than domestic cats. In fact, the only case I can think of where small animals live longer as a rule is dogs, and that is because of genetic inbreeding and health issues.